Frank Kaminsky and Jahlil Okafor are as different as stories can be in college basketball. The two, however, have a lot in common - both are in the Final Four and both were the top selections on The Associated Press' 2014-15 All-America team.

Oklahoma State sophomore Ryan Sluder, a 2013 Amarillo High graduate, was named the Big 12 baseball player of the week for March 24-29.
Sluder, an outfielder, had the league's best batting average last week, hitting .

HOUSTON - A special group of freshmen is taking Duke and Coach K back to the Final Four.
The Blue Devils and their trio of freshmen starters are going to their 16th Final Four after a 66-52 win Sunday in the South Regional over Gonzaga.

GREENSBORO, N.C. - South Carolina coach Dawn Staley climbed the ladder, snipped the final strand of net and raised it as thousands of garnet-clad fans cheered.
Taking in the scene, she mouthed one word: "Unbelievable."
Believe it.

MIDLAND - Patrick Mahomes took all the reps as the first team quarterback during the Texas Tech Football Red and Black Game on Saturday, but head coach Kliff Kingsbury said don't count out Davis Webb as a starter just yet.

CLEVELAND - Momentum sagging and Wichita State surging, Mike Brey called time out and offered his Notre Dame players a reminder.
There was no screaming. No frantic scribbling of Xs-and-Os. That's not Brey's style. Or his team's either.

CLEVELAND - Nothing has rattled Kentucky to this point. Unbeaten and unblemished, the Wildcats have handled every challenge this season.
They're 36 for 36 in their run at hoops immortality. An interesting test awaits.

Rick Robinson was settling into his new job as the baseball coach at Tennessee-Martin, moving some things around his office when he came across a few articles that had been written about the previous year's team.

The NCAA Tournament has never had so many teams with so many losses make it so far.
Six of the regional semifinalists have 10 or more losses, including three with 13. The reaction around college basketball has been a collective shrug.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Charlotte 49ers have hired Mark Price to become their new men's basketball coach, said a person familiar with the situation.
The person said Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the hire has not yet been announced.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame coach Mike Brey walked into the locker room shortly before tipoff against Butler and told his players that someone in the hotel had asked him why he had been smiling all day.
"You know why?" he told his players.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Laurin Mincy scored 27 points, and top-seeded Maryland used a second-half blitz to knock off previously unbeaten Princeton, 85-70, and advance to the Sweet 16 of the women's NCAA Tournament.

OMAHA, Neb. - The boys from Wichita State had been hearing it in text messages from friends, and on social media from total strangers: Don't let the chance to stick it to Kansas slip away.
The Shockers would never dream of it.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Gabe York made five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, T.J. McConnell also scored 19 points and second-seeded Arizona advanced to the Sweet 16 for the third straight year with a 73-58 victory over 10th-seeded Ohio State on Saturday.

OMAHA, Neb. - With just over 4 minutes remaining in the first half Friday night, Oregon star Joseph Young had missed every time he shot the ball and managed just two points.
By halftime, he had made a mockery of Oklahoma State's stingy defense.

BERKELEY, Calif. - Texas and Western Kentucky have became accustomed to close, wild finishes when they meet in the NCAA Tournament.
Thirty years later is no different. The programs resumed their old March rivalry with another thriller.

DURHAM, N.C. - Duke advanced after getting a scare from Albany on the first day of the NCAA women's basketball tournament,
A couple other underdogs almost pulled off upsets, but only No. 11 Miami, No. 11 Gonzaga and No.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim has always hinted he planned to retire on his own terms. That moment is at hand and his plan remains intact despite NCAA sanctions marring the end of his career.

Two Amarillo-area athletes are getting a shot to wrestle at the highest collegiate level over the weekend.
Former Randall Raider Jace Bennett and former Tascosa Rebel Nick Herrmann have each qualified for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

ATLANTA - Kevin Ware shows no queasiness toward that nasty scar running down the front of his right leg. He even rubs it from time to time - a good luck charm, one might say.
He's definitely not worried about another gruesome injury.

Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies are ready to begin their quest for a third straight national championship.
The Huskies earned the first overall seed in the women's NCAA Tournament and placed in the Albany Region.

The Kentucky Wildcats ended up where everyone expected them on Selection Sunday: Seeded No. 1 on their quest to become the first undefeated team since 1976. Oh, but there were surprises when the bracket came out, too.

President Barack Obama fills one out. So does just about everyone you know.
Yes, the NCAA Tournament begins this week and that means it's bracket-picking time. We're here to help make sense of March Madness.